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Is chops a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word chops is a Scrabble US word. The word chops is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is chops a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word chops is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Yes. The word chops is a Words With Friends word. The word chops is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

CHOPS,

4-letter words (10 found)

CHOP,COPS,COSH,HOPS,PHOS,POHS,POSH,SCOP,SHOP,SOPH,

3-letter words (15 found)

COP,COS,HOC,HOP,HOS,OCH,OHS,OPS,PHO,POH,POS,SHO,SOC,SOH,SOP,

2-letter words (8 found)

CH,HO,OH,OP,OS,PO,SH,SO,

You can make 34 words from chops according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of chops

chops hcops cohps ochps hocps ohcps chpos hcpos cphos pchos hpcos phcos cophs ocphs cpohs pcohs opchs pochs hopcs ohpcs hpocs phocs ophcs pohcs chosp hcosp cohsp ochsp hocsp ohcsp chsop hcsop cshop schop hscop shcop coshp ocshp csohp scohp oschp sochp hoscp ohscp hsocp shocp oshcp sohcp chpso hcpso cphso pchso hpcso phcso chspo hcspo cshpo schpo hscpo shcpo cpsho pcsho cspho scpho pscho spcho hpsco phsco hspco shpco pshco sphco copsh ocpsh cposh pcosh opcsh pocsh cosph ocsph csoph scoph oscph socph cpsoh pcsoh cspoh scpoh pscoh spcoh opsch posch ospch sopch psoch spoch hopsc ohpsc hposc phosc ophsc pohsc hospc ohspc hsopc shopc oshpc sohpc hpsoc phsoc hspoc shpoc pshoc sphoc opshc poshc osphc sophc psohc spohc

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Definitions and meaning of chops

chops

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɑps/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɒps/
  • Rhymes: -ɒps

Etymology 1

Inflected forms. The jazz slang sense “musical ability” is a reference to the use of the lips to blow instruments.

Noun

chops

  1. plural of chop

Noun

chops pl (plural only)

  1. (slang) Jaws, lips, mouth.
    Alternative form: chaps
  2. (originally US jazz slang) One's skill at musical interpretation and delivery; musical performance ability.
  3. (informal, by extension) One's skill at any endeavor; ability, talent; competency.
  4. (nautical) The area where two tides meet and cause an irregular (choppy) sea.
  5. (juggling) A pattern that involves carrying the object with the hand over the next object before throwing it.
  6. (Australia, Nigeria, slang) Food.
Derived terms
  • (juggling) reverse chops

Verb

chops

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chop

Etymology 2

Verb

chops (third-person singular simple present chopses, present participle chopsing, simple past and past participle chopsed)

  1. Alternative form of chopse

Further reading

  • chops (juggling) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Jonathon Green (2024) “chops n.1”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  • [John Camden Hotten] (1859) “CHOPS”, in A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words, […], London: John Camden Hotten, […], →OCLC, page 20.

Source: wiktionary.org